Thirtysomething

It's why talking on the phone or over video never really feels real.  We're locked down, forcing ourselves to appoint a time and place to converse, when really, the best parts of us are fluid and growing and moving and changing all the time...

But I know my need to go is yanked back by my fondness for this city.  I've gotten happier here, so why change? I'm more settled, balanced, optimistic.

And I try to find out What to do with my life But here it comes at last And my heart beats faster than safe

Susie Derkins and I were late bloomers.  That's how we got along well together.  We met relatively late, too. We went to the same college together, but we never became friends then.  I was intimidated, because I thought she was one of those stuck up Asian sorority girls.

A recent NYTimes article argues: College degrees are simply not necessary for many jobs. Of the 30 jobs projected to grow at the fastest rate over the next decade in the United States, only seven typically require a bachelor’s degree, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. What’s

Who cared about such things? I wanted to be carefree and discover things and go dancing with hot Asian chicks.